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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Cindy Prascik's Review of Spy

Dearest Blog, yesterday it was off to the pictures for the new Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy.

Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.

After a mission goes awry, a formerly office-bound CIA agent takes to the field.

Well,
dear reader(s), the truth of the matter is I don't burn many cinema
trips on comedies. There are several reasons for that, not least of
which is that you usually spend your ten bucks and two hours only to
find you've already seen all the really funny bits for free in a
two-minute trailer. However, as Jason Statham goes, so go I, and I'm
pleased to report that this time the captivating Mr. Statham is not
responsible for two hours I want back. (Lookin' squarely at you,
Redemption!)

It's fair to say you haven't heard the last of Jason
Statham here, but Melissa McCarthy is the gal with her name above the
title, and the comedienne ably keeps the laughs rolling as her
accidentally-capable agent plays perfectly off other staples: the
debonair Bond-type (Jude Law), the buffoonish superstar (Statham), the
desk-jockey best friend (Miranda Hart), and of course the slick and
slimy baddies (Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale).

Spy couldn't be more
brilliantly cast, but as a fan I have to give a special shout-out to
Miranda Hart, whose terrific turn hopefully will bring her lots more
notice on this side of the pond. And then there's Jason
Statham...oh...Jason Statham. If you didn't already know Statham can be
funny, well, you just aren't paying attention, but he's a legitimate
scene-stealer in Spy, and I couldn't be more delighted. Well, I *could*
be more delighted if I hadn't had to wait 13 full minutes for him to
make an appearance, but, other than that...probably not. Spy keeps the
laughs coming, and if I worried this might be another of "those"
waste-of-time comedies, that concern was already off the table before
Statham even turned up.

Spy clocks in at an even two hours and is
rated R for "language throughout, violence, and some sexual content
including brief graphic nudity."

Smartly written and perfectly
cast, Spy is a laugh-out-loud comedy with fantastic action and fight
sequences, some beautiful locations, and nice twists.

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A movie fan with an insatiable love of movies and pop culture in general.
Back in March of 2006 I started to write up reviews and have been at it ever since.
This blog is currently supplied with reviews from yours truly and the wonderful Cindy Prascik!